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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
"How came"!?
I found several sentences in my grammar book which I think is strange. They are as follows:
How came you to know him? (My book says it equals to "How did you come to know him?" Is that really true?)
A: I was late for work this morning.
B: How came? (Shouldn't it be "How come"?)
A: I missed my bus.
Please help me with this question, thank you!Top answer
Your first example is real English but an archaic form of the past interrogative. " now. "
- Your first example is real English but an archaic form of the past interrogative.
- " now.
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Your first example is real English but an archaic form of the past interrogative. We would not say 'How came you?" now. Your second example is a misprint-- it should be as you said: "How come?"
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